Upper Edmonton

Upper Edmonton
Upper Edmonton  Upper Edmonton shown within Greater London
London borough	Enfield
Ceremonial county	Greater London
Region	London
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Edmonton
Postcode district	N18
Dialling code	020
Police	Metropolitan
Fire	London
Ambulance	London
EU Parliament	London
UK Parliament	Edmonton
London Assembly	Enfield and Haringey
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Upper Edmonton (Postcode N18 and E4) is a part of Edmonton, which is located in the south eastern part of the London Borough of Enfield, England. The main shopping area of Upper Edmonton is often referred to as "The Angel" by locals (due to its location, The Angel, Edmonton a former public house that was demolished in 1968 to make improvements to the North Circular Road ) and is situated between Lower Edmonton (N9) and Tottenham (N17).

Upper Edmonton was once one of the most influential parts of the Borough of Enfield. It is still home to the offices of the area's political parties and provides a range of public services, including the NHS North Middlesex University Hospital.

The area is one of the most multicultural in north London, including Afro-Caribbean, Black African, Albanian, Bangladeshi, Chinese, Greek (from Cyprus and Greece), Portuguese, Pakistani, Somalian and Turkish (from Cyprus and Turkey) communities. The houses of worship in Upper Edmonton reflect this diversity: one of the most visited Muslim mosque's in the area, the Edmonton Islamic Centre Al-Masjid, as well as churches of varied denominations, such as the Evangelical church, are located there.

Public transportation includes a wide choice of buses serving many locations and British Rail, which has Silver Street and Angel road in the locality.

Recent trends

In recent years, the area has undergone a huge structural transformation, of which some work is still undergoing, as part of the government's aim to provide the community with a wider range of shops and public facilities.

As in many other parts of the city, a major concern is the level of violent crime, which has steadily increased over the past few years. The cooperated effort from local role models and celebrities to work with government to provide education for local youths is one of the most concentrated methods of trying to overcome this problem. But has shown no signs of success and crime rates continue to rise. This includes two stabbings of teenagers in the first month of 2008 alone, giving Edmonton the nickname "Shank Town" with the youths of today.